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Saturday, November 29, 2014

We left the light of Rubh' an Eun to the birds.

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After a splendid second luncheon in the sun we left the confines of Glencallum Bay towards... ... the lighthouse at the north entrance...
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Thursday, November 27, 2014

Some thoughts on "No tide in the Clyde" and ferry angles.

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To port the mountains of Arran continued to break free from the...  From the south end of Little Cumbrae we set off towards Bute a...
Friday, November 21, 2014

It seemed churlish not to pause and savour this magical moment.

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 As we set off from the castle on the east coast of Little Cumbrae , the...  ...sea fog to the south began to lift and by the time ...
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Wednesday, November 19, 2014

A luncheon at the Castle.

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From the Great Cumbrae we set off across The Tan, the channel that separates it from its southerly neighbour Little Cumbrae.  A light ...
Tuesday, November 18, 2014

For richer and poorer in the Hunterston Channel.

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I have not paddled on the Clyde since my mother died in July and as Sunday 16th November was forecast to be such a beautiful day I decided...
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Friday, November 14, 2014

I saw just a flicker of respect cross their weather beaten faces.

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We enjoyed a fair breeze and made rapid progress for the first 6km of the 16km crossing from Ailsa Craig to Girvan but then... ...the ...
Tuesday, November 11, 2014

Dropping hints, raising sails in the lee of Ailsa Craig.

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 When we arrived back at the lighthouse after our early morning circumnavigation of Ailsa Craig the weather changed. The wind began to pic...